iPhone update - from a former student of mine (Page 3): You are welcome. Mark...

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

kodiac1062 wrote:

Thank you for the heads up. I shut mine off.

You are welcome.
Mark

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

kodiac1062 wrote:

Thank you for the heads up. I shut mine off.

You are welcome.
Mark

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

The tops of the phones have to be within an inch. You have to take steps during the process to confirm it’s what you want to do. You can set it for only people in your Contacts or to receive data and not send yours. It’s a convenience for people who are always exchanging business cards. I don’t see it as a threat.

neillaubenthal

edited as Mark corrected his original post. This is not a big deal at all…and presents zero security risk…but because somebody somewhere originally posted bad information and because it was "about Apple and their terrible security posture" it got amplified and repeated way out of proportion even though it is completely wrong. Good on Mark for correcting the original erroneous info.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

neillaubenthal wrote:

edited as Mark corrected his original post. This is not a big deal at all…and presents zero security risk…but because somebody somewhere originally posted bad information and because it was "about Apple and their terrible security posture" it got amplified and repeated way out of proportion even though it is completely wrong. Good on Mark for correcting the original erroneous info.

Thank you!! I regret buying the info posted on FB. I should know better.
Mark

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

neillaubenthal wrote:

edited as Mark corrected his original post. This is not a big deal at all…and presents zero security risk…but because somebody somewhere originally posted bad information and because it was "about Apple and their terrible security posture" it got amplified and repeated way out of proportion even though it is completely wrong. Good on Mark for correcting the original erroneous info.

I read that some police departments posted the info on TicToc without checking into the details. Made it sound like just anyone could walk by and get contact info from you. That’s simply not the case.

GEngel-usmc Loc: Spencerport NY - I miss Lakeland, FL

Not true! The sender would have to click ‘Share’ and the receiver would have to click ‘Accept’.
This rumor is still being spread by the media’. I’ve been using the Beta version of latest iPad and iOS and confirm Share and Accept all the time. Please be careful of using media as actual truth w/o confirming.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

But thanks anyway, Mark. I still turned mine off s... (show quote)

It works great. Just avoid Apple’s super-high interest rate card… I use a debit card instead.

olddutch Loc: Beloit, Wisconsin

markngolf wrote:

BEWARE! If you have an iPhone and have done the recent iOS 17 update. They have set a new feature call NameDrop to default to ON. This allows the sharing of contact info AND YOUR PHOTOS!… just by bringing your phones close together…even with strangers. To shut this off go to Settings/General/Airdrop/Bringing Devices Together/Change to OFF.

I shut mine off.
Mark

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Thank you Mark.. I'll shut mine off

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

All Apple Users: Update your operating systems NOW. Apple just released updates that patch two security holes that are being exploited by hackers.

macOS Sonoma 14.1.2

iOS 17.1.2

iPadOS 17.1.2

If your device only supports an older system, update it as far as you can. If the system is more than two generations behind macOS 14 or iOS/iPadOS 17, you should not put it on the Internet.

macOS 12.x.x, 13.x.x, and 14.x.x are supported. macOS 11.x.x and earlier are not supported with security updates.

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

markngolf wrote:

BEWARE! If you have an iPhone and have done the recent iOS 17 update. They have set a new feature call NameDrop to default to ON. This allows the sharing of contact info AND YOUR PHOTOS!… just by bringing your phones close together…even with strangers. To shut this off go to Settings/General/Airdrop/Bringing Devices Together/Change to OFF.

I shut mine off.
Mark

Thanks Mark. I just shut mine off after I read your message. If I want to share with family or friends I can always turn it on temporarily
Bud

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

BudsOwl wrote:

Thanks Mark. I just shut mine off after I read your message. If I want to share with family or friends I can always turn it on temporarily
Bud

My pleasure Bud. Thanks for the reply.
Mark

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

This is much ado about nothing. Users have full control over what is "shared" between iCloud connected iPhones.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

xt2 wrote:

This is much ado about nothing. Users have full control over what is "shared" between iCloud connected iPhones.

Yes. I corrected my post indicating that.
Mark